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Westmoreland girls soccer playoff capsule for Nov. 4, 2021
Today’s game Girls Class 2A Consolation game Shady Side Academy (12-2-1) vs. Southmoreland (14-2-2) 6:30 p.m., Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon Notes: The winner takes third place in the WPIAL and advances to the PIAA tournament, which begins Tuesday, to play the District 10 champion. Shady Side Academy, a longtime...
WPIAL boys soccer championship preview: North Catholic, GCC have shot at history
A pair of WPIAL schools will be playing for the triple crown this week. Both North Catholic and Greensburg Central Catholic have teams playing for WPIAL championships in boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A year ago, the Mars and Greensburg Central Catholic boys and...
Evenly matched playoff foes Highlands, New Castle have history of tight games
Highlands and New Castle have played some close games over the past several seasons, and Friday’s opening-round playoff game appears to be evenly matched. That’s what one would expect when a ninth-seeded team such as New Castle (6-4, 3-2) squares off against No. 8 Highlands (7-3, 4-3) at Golden Rams...
WPIAL girls soccer championship preview: 3 teams bring repeat dreams to Highmark
A pair of WPIAL schools will be playing for the triple crown this week. Both North Catholic and Greensburg Central Catholic have teams playing for WPIAL championships in boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A year ago, the Mars and Greensburg Central Catholic boys and...
Westmoreland HS notebook: Franklin Regional’s DiFalco to play in All-American game
Franklin Regional soccer standout Anthony DiFalco has had a decorated high school career. He’s won just about every individual award possible, from All-WPIAL and All-State honors to All-America status. He has two WPIAL championships, a runner-up finish and two PIAA semifinal appearances. Now, the gifted forward will get to play...
Deer Lakes volleyball perseveres through in-season coaching change
One word can be used to describe the Deer Lakes girls volleyball season: necessity. Necessity struck when the school’s assistant principal became the team’s coach during the season. It hit again when the team was forced to rally back in its final game — and nearly did. And, at the...
A-K Valley girls athlete of the week: Plum’s Camryn Rogers
Camryn Rogers Class: Junior School: Plum Sport: Soccer Report card: Rogers had a hat trick in Plum’s 7-1 win over Laurel Highlands in the first round of the playoffs Monday. She had a dozen goals in the regular season. The Mustangs played South Fayette on Tuesday in the semifinals and...
After roller-coaster regular season, Springdale turns attention to playoffs
Springdale finally reached the finish line last Saturday, being one of the final teams to qualify for the WPIAL football playoffs. The 35-0 victory over cross-river rival Riverview put the Dynamos in the postseason for the 19th time, but the journey was filled with setbacks such as injuries, illnesses and,...
Westmoreland County girls athlete of the week: Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto
Olivia Cernuto School: Southmoreland Sport: Soccer Class: Junior Claim to fame: Cernuto, who has 24 goals this season, scored three times to lead No. 2 Southmoreland (14-1-2) to a 6-0 victory over No. 15 West Mifflin in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs Oct. 26. Cernuto scored...
Senior-led Hempfield relishes run to WPIAL field hockey playoffs
You could say Hempfield’s early exit from the WPIAL field hockey playoffs has cast a persistent pall of doubt over a program that, until this year, hadn’t even sniffed a postseason opportunity. But it did little to break the Spartans’ spirit. Not that the coaches and players were dwelling on...
Southmoreland volleyball reflects on up-and-down season
Heather Meyer’s team showed it can compete with some of the best the WPIAL has to offer in Class 2A. But, for the second-year Southmoreland girls volleyball coach, maintaining that level of play was a problem. And one she hopes can be remedied in the coming months. “Our season, we...
Freeport fends off Armstrong in Class 3A volleyball thriller
The Freeport girls volleyball team is back in the WPIAL championship game. The top-seeded Yellowjackets lost the first game of their WPIAL Class 3A semifinal match with section rival and fifth-seeded Armstrong on Tuesday. But Freeport won three of the remaining four games, including the deciding Game 5 by a...
High school roundup for Nov. 2, 2021: Peters Township, Seneca Valley reach 4A finals
Alex Grim and and Austin Marmol each had a goal and an assist to lead No. 2 Peters Township to a 4-1 victory over No. 6 North Allegheny (15-6) in the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer semifinals Tuesday night at West Allegheny. Andrew Massucci and Connor Hoye also scored for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 2, 2021
High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (4-6) at North Allegheny (6-4), 7 p.m. Semifinals Friday, Nov. 12 Canon-McMillan/North Allegheny winner at Mt. Lebanon (10-0), 7 p.m. Seneca Valley (7-3) vs. Central Catholic (8-2) at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Class 5A First round Friday’s schedule Woodland Hills...
GCC gets off canvas, rallies past California into WPIAL volleyball finals
California had No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic on the ropes Tuesday in the WPIAL Class A girls volleyball semifinals at Norwin. The seventh-seeded Trojans, fresh off their upset of No. 2 Mapletown, were set to deliver the knockout blow, but the Centurions wouldn’t let it happen. It was like they...
Greensburg Central Catholic gets wild OT win over Eden Christian
Carlo Denis said he heard a defender say, “Oh, no.” Seconds later, Greensburg Central Catholic was saying, “Oh, yes.” Denis, the Centurions’ standout junior forward, took a throw-in from junior Jacob Umbel as time ticked down in overtime Tuesday night. He then spun around a defender and touched the ball...
Hampton girls volleyball uses big rally to defeat Plum
In a Section 5 match with Armstrong late in the regular season, the Hampton girls volleyball team found itself down 2-0. The Talbots were able to mount a rally that night and pull out a win. It helped them finish in a tie for the section title. Hampton was in...
Avonworth girls soccer tops Southmoreland, reaches WPIAL title game
Avonworth’s speedy, wide-open offense proved to be too much for Southmoreland in Tuesday night’s Class 2A girls semifinals. The Antelopes (15-3-1) scored three goals in the first 12 minutes of the match and were on their way to a 4-1 victory over the Scotties (14-2-1) at West Allegheny’s Joe DiMichelea...
Trib HSSN State Football Rankings for Nov. 2, 2021
Four teams lost their grip and slipped out of the Trib HSSN weekly state football rankings in the final week of the regular season. Gone are McDowell in Class 6A, Valley View in 4A, North Schuylkill in 3A and Serra Catholic in 2A, replaced by Garnet Valley, Northwestern Lehigh, Scranton...
Alle-Kiski Valley WPIAL soccer playoff capsules for Nov. 3, 2021
Boys Class 3A Consolation game Plum (17-3-1) vs. Franklin Regional (15-4) 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pete Antimarino Stadium, Gateway, Monroeville The winner of this third-place game between Section 4 foes will advance to the PIAA playoffs, which begin next Tuesday around the state. Fourth-seeded Plum took top-seeded and undefeated West...
Westmoreland County WPIAL soccer playoff capsule for Nov. 3, 2021
Boys Class 3A Consolation game Plum (17-3-1) vs. Franklin Regional (15-4) 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pete Antimarino Stadium, Gateway, Monroeville • The winner of this third-place game between Section 4 foes will advance to the PIAA playoffs, which begin next Tuesday around the state. Fourth-seeded Plum took top-seeded and undefeated...
WPIAL football likely down to 7 teams in 6A as PIAA releases 2022-23 parameters
The WPIAL’s largest football classification — 6A — is likely getting smaller again. The PIAA released updated classification parameters Tuesday for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, and the numbers indicate the WPIAL will have only seven football teams in 6A next season. The PIAA parameters list the top and...
Westmoreland County boys athlete of the week: Greensburg C.C.’s Carlo Denis
Carlo Denis School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Soccer Class: Junior Claim to fame: Denis, who has 24 goals this season, had a hat trick and an assist to power No. 1 seed Greensburg Central Catholic (14-3) to a WPIAL Class A first-round win over No. 16 Chartiers-Houston at Mt. Pleasant...
Latrobe field hockey encouraged by strong playoff showing
A pair of inmates, a princess, a frat boy and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich were key components in the final Latrobe field hockey practice of 2021. Wait, what? The Wildcats treated the team’s last gathering as a makeshift Halloween party, dressing up in a wide variety of costumes...
A-K Valley boys athlete of the week: Deer Lakes’ Carson McCoy
Carson McCoy Class: Senior School: Deer Lakes Sport: Cross country Report card: McCoy placed fourth at the WPIAL cross country championships Thursday with a time of 17 minutes, 39.7 seconds, earning a trip to the PIAA meet. It is the second sport in which McCoy has qualified for states. He...
